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Psalms 101:4 — King James Version← Study notes

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.


Psalms 101:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 101:47 words
HebrewMeaning
לֵבָ֣בlēbāb
a heartnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
עִ֭קֵּשׁʿiqēš
perverseadjH6141
froward · perverse
יָס֣וּרyāswr
it will departverbH5493
bring · call back · decline · depart ···
מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
רָ֝֗עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֵדָֽעʾēdāʿ
I will knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 101:4

1. In this Psalm, we ought to seek in the whole body of it what we find in the first verse: “Mercy and judgment will I sing unto You, O Lord” Psalm 100:1. Let no man flatter himself that he will never be punished through God's mercy; for there is judgment also; and let no man who has been changed for the better dread the Lord's judgment, seeing that mercy goes before it. For when men judge, sometimes overcome by mercy, they act against justice; and mercy, but not justice,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 101 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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